netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: implement PCI driver shutdown callback

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Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:08:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: implement PCI driver shutdown callback

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:18:02 -0700

> From: Dirk van der Merwe <dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com>
> 
> Device may be shutdown without the hardware being reinitialized, in
> which case we want to ensure we cleanup properly.
> 
> This is especially important for kexec with traffic flowing.
> 
> The shutdown procedures resembles the remove procedures, so we can reuse
> those common tasks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dirk van der Merwe <dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Applied, thanks Jakub.